I HAVE A 2015 BASS TRACKER 17FT W/MERC 60 HP I HAVE USED THE

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I HAVE A 2015 BASS TRACKER 17FT W/MERC 60 HPI HAVE USED THE BOAT MANY TIMES LAST YEAR IN SANDY HOOK AREA AND THE BOAT HANDLED VERY NICE EVEN IN ROUGH WEATHERTHIS YEAR I WENT FLUKING A FEW TIMES AND ENCOUNTERED NO PROBLEMS UNTIL THIS PAST FRIDAYTO COMENSATE FOR THE WIND AND THE SPEED OF THE DRIFT, I RAN THE ENGINE IN REVERSE FOR APPROX 1/2 HR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE COCKPIT FLOODED TO APPROX THE HEIGHT OF MY ANKLES(3) INCHES. IT SCARED THE BLANK OUT OF ME AND FISHING PARTNER.I IMMEADIATELY TURNED THE BILDGE ON, HIT FORARD AND HEADED TO SHORE APPROX 4 MILES AWAY WATER WAS COMING OVER THE GUNNEL AT FIRST AND IN A FEW MINUTES I HAD ABOUT 1-1/2 INCHES OF CLEARANCE.AT FULL THROTTLE I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET A TOP SPEED OF 5 MPHTIED UP THE BOAT AT THE RAMP MADE SURE THE SUMP PUMP WAS ON AND HEADED FOR A DRINK. CAME BACK IN ABOUT 40 MIN AND THE BILGE PUMP WAS STILL WORKINGTHE ONLY CHANGE FROM MY NORMAL OPERATION WAS USING REVERSE OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.WHEN I PULLED THE COCK PLUG QUITE A BET OF WATER WAS STILL IN THE BILGE.DO YOU THINK IT WAS DUE TO GOING IN REVERSETHANKYOU FOR YOUR ANSWERJOE OLESKE

I REALLY DONT HAVE WHAT I WOULD CLASSIFY AS A DECK HAVING SCUPPERS. WHEN YOU SAY THE TRANSOM ARE YOU SAYING THE PORT SIDE OPENINGS IS WHERE THE WATER IS COMING IN AND NOT FROM THE STERN, (THE WATER INTAKES FOR THE LIVE WELLS) AS FAR AS YOUR LAST QUESTION, I WONT KNOW UNTIL I LAUNCH THE BOAT AGAIN